Extraordinary People Who Care
Greenwich Hospital volunteers are a wonderfully diverse group of professionals, retirees, moms, dads and students from Connecticut and New York. In choosing to volunteer, they are doing something meaningful with their free time. More importantly, their service and generosity of spirit make a real difference in the lives of patients and their families.

Volunteers Support Patients, Families and Staff
Our goal as volunteers is to make the hospital experience as pleasant as possible for patients and their families, and to provide hospital staff with support whenever and wherever possible.

Patient and Family Areas

• Escort patients to testing areas
• Assist and comfort family members and keep them informed about their loved ones
• Deliver mail, flowers, books and magazines to patients' bedsides
• Serve as a Pharmacy courier to nurses' stations
• Provide “comfort care” to patients in the Ambulatory, Emergency and Oncology departments.
• Special training is provided for volunteers who choose to work with the Center for Integrative Medicine's “Healing Touch” program or with Home Hospice services and the Oncology Volunteers. Next training program for Oncology Volunteers will be held in April 2010.

Administrative Assistance
There's always a lot of behind-the-scenes action at Greenwich Hospital. Volunteers support clerical needs for various departments.

Hospitality and Retail
A volunteer's smile is a wonderful greeting to patients, families and visitors when they arrive at the hospital or its satellite facilities.

• Welcome visitors, answer questions and provide directions at reception areas
• Staff the Auxiliary's Gift Shop and select the newest and “trendiest” items
• Organize and sell donated items at the Auxiliary's Thrift Shop
• Bring coffee and freshly baked pastries to busy staff

Become a Greenwich Hospital Volunteer
If you can commit three hours or more each week, Greenwich Hospital welcomes you as a volunteer.

• Volunteer orientations and training seminars ensure that you become familiar with hospital policies and procedures.
• Opportunities are also available for junior volunteers, age 14 and older, who perform many of the same services as adult volunteers. Our “juniors” gain valuable community service experience while knowing they make an important contribution to the hospital.

How to Begin

Adult Volunteers
Thank you for your interest in volunteering at Greenwich Hospital. Please print the Volunteer Application, Background Check Form and Fair Credit Reporting Act FCRA Release Form and mail the three completed forms to:

Volunteer Services Department
Greenwich Hospital
5 Perryridge Road
Greenwich, CT 06830

We will contact you after reviewing your application. If you have any questions, please call the Volunteer Services Department at (203) 863-3222 from 8:30am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. At other hours, please leave a voicemail message or e-mail us.

Junior Volunteers
If you are between the ages of 14-18 years old and wish to volunteer, please call the Volunteer Services Department. We have a limited number of spaces for junior volunteers, but we invite you to contact us at (203) 863-3222 from 8:30am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday to make an appointment. At other hours, please leave a voicemail message or e-mail us.

The Auxiliary
The Auxiliary, the original Volunteer corps, is presently made up of our 600 volunteers from Greenwich and surrounding Fairfield and Westchester communities, as well as donors to its annual fund appeal.

• The Auxiliary's Thrift Shop, Gift Shop and annual fundraising efforts have resulted in donations of over $8.5 million to Greenwich Hospital. These gifts have purchased Laser Center technology, a new MRI machine, a hospital-wide satellite TV system, and funded special hospital projects.
• The Auxiliary also funds annual scholarships for hospital staff and high school graduates studying for a career in healthcare.
• Greenwich Hospital Auxiliary's men, women and juniors donate over 60,000 volunteer service hours annually.

Gift Shop
The Greenwich Hospital Gift Shop is owned and operated by the Greenwich Hospital Auxiliary. All proceeds are donated to the hospital. It is located in the Atrium of the Helmsley Pavilion (see floor plan).

Store Hours
Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 9:30am-8pm
Tuesday & Thursday: 7-8am
Saturday: 10am-5pm
Sunday: Noon-6pm

In-Hospital Delivery Hours
Monday-Friday: 10am-4pm
Saturday: 10:30am-4pm
Sunday: No Delivery

Phone (203) 863-3371

Thrift Shop
The Greenwich Hospital Auxiliary's high quality resale Thrift Shop is located at 199 Hamilton Avenue, Greenwich, CT. map

All proceeds directly support Greenwich Hospital. For more information, call (203) 869-6124.

2009 Shopping Hours
Monday - Friday 9am - 4:30pm
Saturday 9am - 3pm

2009 Donation Hours
Monday - Friday 8am - 3pm
Saturday 8am - 2pm

Scheduled furniture pick-ups:
Please call (203) 869-6124

Rewards of Volunteering